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From YouTube: NOVEMBER 23 2021 Statements Michele Babchuk
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
north
highland.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I'm
excited
to
highlight
a
fantastic
initiative
that
is
taking
place
right
now
in
campbell
river,
I
had
the
pleasure
to
visit
the
sorting
site
for
a
local
clean
coast
clean
waters
project.
When
I
showed
up
at
the
new
wave
dock
building,
I
was
greeted
by
smiling
faces
of
a
group
of
young
people,
decked
out
in
heavy
duty
rain
gear
deck
sorting
through
tons
of
debris
that
had
been
gathered
through
coastal
shorelines
in
and
around
campbell
river
and
the
discovery
islands.
A
These
young
people
have
been
working
on
this
project
since
september,
scouring
hundreds
of
kilometers
of
coastline
collecting
and
removing
debris.
Once
a
week
they
head
to
the
sorting
site
where
they
separate
garbage
into
recyclable
and
non-recyclable
materials,
ropes
fishing
nets
chains.
But
what
most
shocked
me?
The
most
mr
speaker,
was
the
amount
of
styrofoam
from
itty
bitty
pieces
to
great
big
slabs.
A
This
project
is
the
initiative
of
the
campbell
river
association
of
tour
operators.
This
group
of
local
tour
operators
pivoted
from
their
usual
work
when
coveted,
19
disrupted
our
tourism
sector.
They
created
employment
opportunities
for
a
bunch
of
committed
youth,
are
cleaning
up
miles
of
our
coastline
and
have
demonstrated
a
huge
amount
of
resiliency.
Mr
speaker,
during
my
visit,
the
tour
operators
launched
their
grizzly
meter,
a
sign
that
has
since
been
erected
in
downtown
campbell
river.
That
shows
just
how
much
garbage
has
been
collected
over
what
length
of
shoreline.
A
At
the
time
of
my
visit
in
early
november,
they
had
trans
traversed
250
kilometers
and
had
collected
over
50
000
pounds
of
garbage
on
any
given
day
in
any
in
all
kinds
of
weather.
At
least
12
young
people,
along
with
tour
operators,
are
out
there
collecting
sacks
of
debris
and
making
a
huge
impact
on
cleaning
up
the
coastline.
A
I
was
so
impressed
by
the
dedication
of
this
group,
mr
speaker,
they're,
enthusiastic
enthusiastic
to
do
the
work.
They
are
deeply
invested
in
this
project
and
passionate
about
the
environment.
It
was
inspirational,
mr
speaker,
and
I
hope
this
chamber
will
join
me
in
expressing
my
deepest
appreciation
for
the
job
that
they
are
doing.